With apologies to Marx and Murrow, I would argue that both religion and TV have been dethroned as 'the opiate of the masses' and have been replaced by conspiracy theories. As evidence, I present this April Fool's Day prank gone horribly wrong. confirmedalan01.blogspot.com/2024/07/alte...

Alternative-3 (1977)

When the latest broadcast of the investigative TV program Science Report begins, the scholarly host, Tim Brinton, who kinda looks like Isaa...